10 Shocking WWE WrestleMania Records

A look back at the numbers in WrestleMania history can be quite surprising, especially when it comes to won-loss records. Winning apparently isn’t a prerequisite in being Mr. WrestleMania, while a certain former Extreme superstar can boast an undefeated record on the biggest wrestling show in the world.

The Undertaker’s 19-0 undefeated WrestleMania streak will never be broken. Some of the biggest names in WWE history have struggled to muster up even one win, while nobody has even touched double digits. Being a top guy or a solid mid-carder doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get the big win at WrestleMania, as a matter of a fact millions of fans have probably had a better chance of seeing you look at the lights than have your hand raised.

We went back through all of the WrestleMania events and found what we thought were the ten most shocking won/loss WrestleMania records. Each guy on this list is here for a different reason — whether it is a surprising losing record or a shocking number of wins. Nonetheless, it is a good thing that matches mean more than wins in WrestleMania history for several of these Hall of Famers.

Tito Santana (2-7)

Tito Santana isn’t someone we would have expected to have gone 4-0, but going 2-7 seemed a bit surprising to me. He is a former intercontinental and tag team champion. You’d expect him to have at minimum a .500 record. Nope, the former champion went downhill after grabbing his first and only win at the inaugural WrestleMania.

The Rock (4-4)

Can you smell what The Rock is cooking? Well, whatever it was, he only managed to get the temperature right half of the time. We remember The Rock doing a lot of jobs, but we always thought he won more at WrestleMania. A closer look back shows Steve Austin dominating the series over him, which resulted in more losses than he probably would have had if he had a bigger variety of opponents. Mr. .500 will look to get this right come March 31.

Shawn Michaels (6-11)

‘Mr. WrestleMania’ spent more time flying around the ring and entertaining the masses than actually winning his matches. A lot of these losses came during Michaels’ second run with the WWE in which he spent most of his WrestleMania matches elevating talent. Talk about taking one for the team!

Vince McMahon (0-4)

One would assume that the owner of the company would at least be able to muster up one win at WrestleMania right? Nope. Quite frankly, we didn’t even remember Vince wrestling four different times on Mania until we looked back at his numbers. Membership doesn’t always have its privileges.

Ric Flair (2-4)

Arguably the greatest professional wrestler of the last 30 years had a lot of unlucky nights at WrestleMania. Now if we were doing a Starrcade list, Flair would be up near the top. But who really cares about Starcade in 2012? Unfortunately Flair’s biggest matches came in an era which saw the demotion of Ric Flair to a mid card WWE star.

The Big Show (3-8)

One would think that being over 7′ tall would be an advantage stepping into a WrestleMania ring. Not for The Big Show. The big man is a measly 3-8, losing his first six WrestleMania matches. Even more embarrassing is who the big man laid down for at WrestleMania. Akebono and Floyd Mayweather, two non-wrestlers hold victories over The Big Show. If WrestleMania were the World Series and Show was a baseball player, he’d be one of the biggest post season chokers in MLB history.

Randy Orton (4-4)

Like The Rock, we expected better numbers out of The Viper. Orton has been a money player from the start and a guy you’d expect to see get on a roll at WrestleMania. Instead, Orton has done a lot of jobs and rarely walked away with his hand held high in the big matches.

Triple H (7-8)

For a guy that is regularly accused of benefiting from office politics in the WWE, a less than .500 record at WrestleMania isn’t what we expected. 7-8 is nothing to be ashamed of, but we expected 10-5, 11-4, even 9-6 out of a guy that had been the focal point of WrestleMania for quite a few years last decade.

Jeff Hardy (0-5)

We don’t know if this one is real surprising, but going 0-5 as a headliner at WrestleMania earns you a spot on this list. Part of the problem with Jeff is that he was involved in tag and Money in the Bank matches. However, the last couple of years of his WWE career, Jeff was a top guy, and even that wasn’t enough to get him a measly win in March or April.

Big Bossman (5-1)

Like Rob Van Dam, we didn’t expect to see the Bossman with so many wins on WrestleMania. It wasn’t as if the Bossman was a headliner for several years. He had one real run as a top guy and wasn’t even in the main-event that year. Bossman went on an impressive 4-0 streak to start his WrestleMania career, back in his prime of the late 1980′s-early 90′s. Grabbing five wins in six matches for a mid-card WWE superstar is impressive.